Tales from the Dark Multiverse: The Death of Superman #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of December, 2019. It was published on October 30, 2019.
Contents
Synopsis for "The Death of Superman"
Tempus Fuginaut is still looking for hope in the Dark Multiverse that could help him in the upcoming crisis. He knows the light, but dislikes the fact that the dark always returns, no matter what you do. It always poisons even the greatest of worlds and turns them into tragedy.
He falls on a multiverse that takes place right after the Death of Superman by the hands of Doomsday. While holding Clark, Lois wants revenge. Revenge on the world that let Superman die. The Justice League comes, but Lois doesn't care, because they came too late.
A funeral service is held for Superman. Everyone attends to pay respect, but a few weeks later, everyone moves on. Everyone but Lois, who believes the world didn't care enough. She goes to the Fortress of Solitude to pay respects. There, she meets The Eradicator. He says he tried to save Clark, but was too late. He needs a vessel to contain himself. Lois volunteers and they fuse.
Lois, now a newly-turned Kryptonian, uses her powers to do more than Superman. After doing so much, she wonders why Clark neglected the world so much and begins to go down a different path. She confronts Lex Luthor. He admits his part in nuclear deals and shows no remorse. She grabs him and they fly to the Sun. She reveals Superman's secret identity, then kills him.
After this, she goes on the hunt for all known killers. After killing The Joker, she is attacked by Batman, who says she is going too far. After verbal and physical attacks, Lois kills him. The next day, Lois goes after Hank Henshaw, the Cyborg Superman, for using Superman's name. While fighting, Superboy and Steel join. They both die to the Cyborg.
After fighting for so long, Lois hears the voice of the returned Superman saving people from debris. While the two talk, Hank uses a blaster filled with Green Kryptonite gas. Lois destroys the container with the gas, but in turn, it kills Clark again. She promises to make the world deserving of a Superman, the same promise she made from the beginning.
Tempus Fuginaut continues his search for a light in the dark, seeing that this one is a lost cause.
Appearing in "The Death of Superman"
Featured Characters:
- The Eradicator (Lois Lane) (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- The Eradicator I (First appearance) (Merges with Lois)
Supporting Characters:
- Steel (Only appearance; dies)
- Superboy (Only appearance; dies)
- Superman (Only appearance; dies) (Flashback and main story)
- Tempus Fuginaut
Antagonists:
- Batman (Only appearance; dies)
- Cyborg Superman (First appearance)
- Doomsday (Only appearance; dies)
- Lex Luthor (Only appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- The Batman Who Laughs (Cameo)
- Dubbilex
- The Grim Knight (Cameo)
- Guardian (First appearance)
- Hawkman (First appearance)
- Jimmy Olsen (First appearance)
- The Joker (Only appearance; dies)
- Jonathan Kent (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Jor-El (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Justice League Europe (First appearance)
- Aquaman (First appearance)
- Justice League of America (First appearance)
- The Flash (First appearance)
- Bloodwynd (First appearance)
- Green Lantern (First appearance)
- Ice (First appearance)
- Maxima (First appearance)
- Wonder Woman (First appearance)
- Lara Lor-Van (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Martha Kent (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- The Merciless (Cameo)
- Mister Miracle (First appearance)
- Robin (First appearance)
- Teen Titans (First appearance)
- Supergirl (In a photograph only)
- Ares (Mentioned only)
- Black Adam (Mentioned only)
- Deathstroke (Mentioned only)
- Intergang (Mentioned only)
- League of Shadows (Mentioned only)
- Project Cadmus (Mentioned only)
- Parasite (Mentioned only)
- Ra's Al Ghul (Mentioned only)
- Victor Zsasz (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Dark Multiverse (Flashback and main story)
- Earth (Flashback and main story)
- Fortress of Solitude
- United States of America (Flashback and main story)
- Gotham City
- Smallville (Flashback and main story)
- Metropolis (Flashback and main story)
- Centennial Park
- Daily Planet
- LexCorp (Mentioned only)
- Kahndaq (Mentioned only)
- Markovia (Mentioned only)
- Krypton (Flashback only)
- Earth (Flashback and main story)
- Multiverse
Items:
Vehicles:
- Kryptonian Rocket (Flashback only)
Notes
- The story takes place in an universe which could be absolutely equal to the Pre-Zero Hour DC Universe until the Death of Superman.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 2)
- Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 3)
- Superman (Volume 4)
- Superman (Volume 5)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
Links and References
- Pages using DynamicPageList parser function
- Pat McCallum/Executive Editor
- Lee Weeks/Cover Artist
- Brad Anderson/Cover Artist
- Jeff Loveness/Writer
- Brad Walker/Penciler
- Andrew Hennessy/Inker
- Norm Rapmund/Inker
- John Kalisz/Colourist
- Clayton Cowles/Letterer
- Alex Antone/Editor
- Dave Wielgosz/Editor
- Brian Cunningham/Editor
- Tempus Fuginaut (Prime Earth)/Quotes
- Lois Lane (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Eradicator (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- John Henry Irons (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Superboy (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Kal-El (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Tempus Fuginaut (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Henry Henshaw (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Doomsday (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Alexander Luthor (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Earth -22)/Appearances
- Dubbilex (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse: The Grim Knight)/Appearances
- James Harper (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Katar Hol (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- James Olsen (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Joker (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Jonathan Kent (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Jor-El (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Justice League Europe (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Arthur Curry (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Justice League of America (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Wally West (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- J'onn J'onzz (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Hal Jordan (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Tora Olafsdotter (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Maxima (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Diana of Themyscira (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Lara Lor-Van (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Martha Kent (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Earth -12)/Appearances
- Mister Miracle (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Timothy Drake (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Teen Titans (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Richard Grayson (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Koriand'r (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Matrix (Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman)/Appearances
- Dark Multiverse/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- Fortress of Solitude/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- Gotham City/Appearances
- Smallville, Kansas/Appearances
- Kent Farm/Appearances
- Metropolis/Appearances
- Centennial Park/Appearances
- Daily Planet/Appearances
- Krypton/Appearances
- Multiverse/Appearances
- Death of Superman Armband/Appearances
- Green Kryptonite/Appearances
- Kryptonian Rocket/Appearances
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